
Digital Citizenship Lesson Resources
The lessons in the Digital Citizenship domain focus on the following topics:
✓ Responsibilities and Expectations
✓ Safety
✓ Avoiding Plagiarism
✓ Citing Sources and Various Tools
✓ Selecting the Appropriate Digital Tool
What is Digital Citizenship?
Digital Citizenship is a concept which helps teachers, technology leaders and parents to understand what students/children/technology users should know to use technology appropriately. Digital Citizenship is more than just a teaching tool; it is a way to prepare students/technology users for a society full of technology.

Avoiding Plagiarism
Digital Citizenship
Learning Target:
I can define and give an example of paraphrasing.
GRADE LEVEL
1-2

Avoiding Plagiarism
Digital Citizenship
Learning Target:
I can explain what plagiarism is and what steps I can do to avoid it.
GRADE LEVEL
5-6

Citing Sources Using Various Tools
Digital Citizenship
Learning Target:
I can properly cite an online source using Google tools.
GRADE LEVEL
3-4

Citing Sources Using Various Tools
Digital Citizenship
Learning Target:
I can evaluate citations and find citations that support specific claims.
GRADE LEVEL
7-8

Responsibilities and Expectations
Digital Citizenship
Learning Target:
I can be a responsible person and choose my actions, attitudes, and moods.
GRADE LEVEL
5-6

Safety
Digital Citizenship
Learning Target:
I can be safe online and practice safe digital citizenship.
GRADE LEVEL
3-4

Safety
Digital Citizenship
Learning Target:
I can follow specific internet safety rules to ensure my safety online.
GRADE LEVEL
7-8

Selecting the Appropriate Digital Tool
Digital Citizenship
Learning Target:
I can use tools online to help me become a better learner.
GRADE LEVEL
1-2

Selecting the Appropriate Digital Tool
Digital Citizenship
Learning Target:
I can select the appropriate tools for a task.
GRADE LEVEL
5-6

Avoiding Plagiarism
Digital Citizenship
Learning Target:
I can determine which type of plagiarism is being used and explain how to avoid plagiarism in the future.
GRADE LEVEL
11-12

Citing Sources Using Various Tools
Digital Citizenship
Learning Target:
I can use the explore feature in Google Docs and Google Slides to properly cite texts and images.
GRADE LEVEL
9-10

Responsibilities and Expectations
Digital Citizenship
Learning Target:
I can identify good digital citizenship.
GRADE LEVEL
1-2

Responsibilities and Expectations
Digital Citizenship
Learning Target:
I can identify and apply the 9 elements of good digital citizenship.
GRADE LEVEL
11-12

Safety
Digital Citizenship
Learning Target:
I can identify strategies to create strong passwords and make my internet activity more secure.
GRADE LEVEL
9-10

Selecting the Appropriate Digital Tool
Digital Citizenship
Learning Target:
I can manage the use of technology tools in my online class environment.
GRADE LEVEL
11-12

Avoiding Plagiarism
Digital Citizenship
Learning Target:
I can explain the purpose of a works cited page.
GRADE LEVEL
3-4

Avoiding Plagiarism
Digital Citizenship
Learning Target:
I can explain what plagiarism is and what steps I can do to avoid it.
GRADE LEVEL
7-8

Citing Sources Using Various Tools
Digital Citizenship
Learning Target:
I can use the MLA Format to cite my sources.
GRADE LEVEL
5-6

Responsibilities and Expectations
Digital Citizenship
Learning Target:
I can be safe online and practice safe digital citizenship.
GRADE LEVEL
7-8

Safety
Digital Citizenship
Learning Target:
I can identify and practice ways to be safe online.
GRADE LEVEL
1-2

Safety
Digital Citizenship
Learning Target:
I can follow specific internet safety rules to ensure my safety online.
GRADE LEVEL
5-6

Selecting the Appropriate Digital Tool
Digital Citizenship
Learning Target:
I can select and use a variety of digital tools to improve my learning.
GRADE LEVEL
3-4

Selecting the Appropriate Digital Tool
Digital Citizenship
Learning Target:
I can select the appropriate digital tool to enhance my personal learning experience.
GRADE LEVEL
7-8

Avoiding Plagiarism
Digital Citizenship
Learning Target:
I can determine which type of plagiarism is being used in a given example.
GRADE LEVEL
9-10

Citing Sources Using Various Tools
Digital Citizenship
Learning Target:
I can locate and identify the author, publisher, and publishing date of an online source.
GRADE LEVEL
1-2

Citing Sources Using Various Tools
Digital Citizenship
Learning Target:
I can cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
GRADE LEVEL
11-12

Responsibilities and Expectations
Digital Citizenship
Learning Target:
I can practice safe, responsible, and legal use of technology.
GRADE LEVEL
3-4

Responsibilities and Expectations
Digital Citizenship
Learning Target:
I can determine if a website or news story is "fake news" by checking its validity.
GRADE LEVEL
9-10

Safety
Digital Citizenship
Learning Target:
I can follow online safety rules to avoid getting into trouble online and offline.
GRADE LEVEL
11-12

Selecting the Appropriate Digital Tool
Digital Citizenship
Learning Target:
I can evaluate mobile applications for their usefulness as an adult.
GRADE LEVEL
9-10